Many landlords used to give tenants agreements called licence agreements when in fact they were granting tenancies. They did this as an attempt to reduce the tenants security and protection from eviction. As the private rented market has been deregulated over recent years, they are now not very common.

However, the Courts now take little notice of how a document is described. The Court has to be aware of the true intentions of the parties when the letting was done. If you have a licence agreement, you could, in fact, be a tenant.